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Read more at: Assessment of Student Housing Demand and Supply for Cambridge City Council

Assessment of Student Housing Demand and Supply for Cambridge City Council

This report presents the findings of the Cambridge City assessment of student housing demand and supply. Cambridge City Council commissioned the report to help to inform planning policy with regard to the provision of student accommodation and its impact upon housing need. The aim was to provide...


Read more at: Presentations from the launch event - November 2016

Presentations from the launch event - November 2016

These are the presentations given by some of our case study projects for the study's launch event in November 2016


Read more at: Poverty, evictions and forced moves

Poverty, evictions and forced moves


Read more at: Understanding the likely poverty impacts of the extension of Right to Buy to housing association tenants

Understanding the likely poverty impacts of the extension of Right to Buy to housing association tenants

This report, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, examines the impact of the extension of the Right to Buy to housing association tenants, and the sale of higher value local authority dwellings, which will provide the funding for the Right to Buy. The analysis first estimates the likely...



Read more at: Road and sewer bonds in England and Wales – report to the NHBC

Road and sewer bonds in England and Wales – report to the NHBC

The NHBC Foundation commissioned this research to investigate the circumstances and consequences of performance bonds required by highways authorities and water supply companies for housing developments.


Read more at: Research on the nature of planning constraints

Research on the nature of planning constraints

The aim of this research was to analyse the nature of planning constraints on the provision of housing. The research was commissioned by the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee.


Read more at: Freedom to succeed: liberating the potential of housing associations

Freedom to succeed: liberating the potential of housing associations

In 2011 and 2012, CCHPR worked with the Housing Futures Network to explore future directions for housing associations. We are now able to circulate the summary and final reports from that work.


Read more at: Piloting Choice-Based Lettings: An evaluation

Piloting Choice-Based Lettings: An evaluation

This was a major project commissioned by DCLG to evaluate the 27 Choice Based Lettings pilots in England. The project was led by the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University, and the project report was published by DCLG (then ODPM).


Read more at: Social housing rents in Wales, Report

Social housing rents in Wales, Report

This project was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government to collect data on the actual rents and service charges charged by every significant social landlord in Wales (22 local authorities and 33 housing associations), to establish the basis of each landlord’s policy for setting rents and the...